enough stuff for a personal statement?

[mollykins]

I know it's early, but if I haven't got enough stuff for my personal statement for UCAS, I can still do something about it and get more experience or something.

I'm hoping to do marine biology or a similar subject, aswell as good enough grades, will this be enough?

1) Stats grade - the most important part of the maths to the uni courses (if better than average maths)

2) sea cadets . . . i'll have been part of it for 4 years and an instructor by then.

3) Marine conservation society . . . I joined it and will be doing beach surveys/ cleanups soon (so will have done some before submitting my application)

4) sealife centre job (if I get it) Plus they do a lot of conservation rather than the local theme park which unaturally shows animals off, making them do tricks.

5) scuba diving (in majorca and lanzarote) and hopefully i'll go on a marine conservation kinda holiday for a few weeks in the summer of 2012, which i could mention.

6) engineering project (we went to an engineering company yesterday and we'll have to work on a problem that involves maths in the real world, we then have to present our answers in a couple of weeks infront of aload of people!)

7)I also have a few RYA boating qualifications, including power level 2 (displacement).

That's all I can think of that's relevant at the moment, but i might remember more in a bit

[jackthehat]

We'll be waiting..............:o(

[pastafreak]

Good grief molly....I think you've got more than enough. Besides-it will be the grades that count.

[mollykins]

But remember a couple of those might not happen such as the sealife centre job and the stats grade.

[mollykins]

And you only get 4000 characters I think, that's only a couple of pages (I think).

[pastafreak]

molly...have you looked at this? There are examples of good personal statements-

http://www.studential...tatements/default.asp

[pastafreak]

Yes doc...she can put in things she plans to do. But she is still about a year off submitting it....if I am not mistaken.

[mollykins]

Docspoc they're things i have already done/got or hopefully will have by the time I have to write it for my UCAS (university) application.

[mollykins]

Thanks pasta I saw one for marine biology which has aweful spelling and grammar and another better one, which I have more stuff to include than them apaprantly got offers from 4 unis. Although it doesn't say what grades they got.

[pastafreak]

That's OK molls....at least it gives you something to go by. Yes,the spelling and grammar were pretty awful....and good that you recognised that.

[mollykins]

Even I recognised it, so it msut be bad. Although when I'm writing a formal letter etc, I do take more care and use spellcheck.

[mollykins]

But the more relevant experience I have the better, but I was wondering what the kind of standard amount people have, thanks pasta, your link kinda answered that.

[pastafreak]

No problem molly x